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Hong Kong 47: suspected airgun attack on court where group faces subversion charges triggers huge police response

  • Police vehicles stationed on section of flyover where pellet is thought to have been fired and more than 100 police patrol around West Kowloon Court
  • Prosecution outlines allegedly offensive conduct and statements made by some of accused, including ex-lawmakers Lam Cheuk-ting and ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung

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A large window at West Kowloon Court after it was hit by what is thought to have been an airgun pellet. Photo:  Dickson Lee

A suspected airgun attack on a Hong Kong court building where the city’s largest national security case is being heard has sparked a police deployment of at least three vehicles to guard part of a nearby flyover.

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Police ramped up security after what was thought to be an airgun pellet fired from a moving vehicle on an elevated section of the West Kowloon Corridor broke a large window at the building at lunchtime on Wednesday.

The flyover is about 15 metres (49 feet) away from West Kowloon Court on Tung Chau Street in Sham Shui Po.

A source said the flyover was not closed because it would have caused serious congestion in the area.

The damaged window at the West Kowloon Court building in Sham Shui Po is inspected. Photo: Dickson Lee
The damaged window at the West Kowloon Court building in Sham Shui Po is inspected. Photo: Dickson Lee

One of the police vehicles was parked on the Tsim Sha Tsui-bound lane of the flyover near the court on Thursday morning.

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